desensitize
verb (used with object)
to lessen the sensitiveness of.
will desensitize
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future tenseof desensitize.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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It is dangerous to shout “antisemitism” where none exists because that will desensitize the public to real cases of antisemitism.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2021
Then the treatment will desensitize it sufficiently and I can work on it without hurting you at all.'
From Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts by Various
